enraptured
part of speech
adjective (enraptured); verb (enrapture, enraptures, enraptured, enrapturing)
meaning for a pupil
1) Filled with great delight and joy, so happy that you forget everything else. tree →
2) Completely charmed or fascinated by something beautiful. tree →
sense in the lessons
A strong feeling word in stories: the Mole is enraptured by the river on his first day; audiences are enraptured by music. It is stronger than «pleased» or «delighted».
examples
- The children were enraptured by the puppet show. tree →
- The Mole was enraptured by the sparkling river. tree →
- She listened enraptured to the singer. tree →
- The crowd sat enraptured as the fireworks burst. tree →
- He gazed enraptured at the stars. tree →
- Toad was enraptured by the motor car. tree →
- All stood with enraptured faces round Thorwaldsen's grave, and a few picked up the fallen rose-leaves and preserved them. tree →
note
Related: rapture (great joy), rapturous. Similar: delighted, thrilled, spellbound. Mostly literary.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «enraptured» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.